This is the coldest month of the year. It is also the snowiest month of the year with an average of 10.8" of snow.
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Here are some interesting facts about the month of January here in Chicago:
- The snowiest January on record was in 1918 when 42.5" of snow fell that month!
- The least amount of snow in a January was 0.2" in 1928.
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- The warmest temperature recorded in January was 67 degrees on Jan. 25, 1950.
- The coldest temperature ever recorded in January was -27 degrees on Jan. 20, 1985. This is also the coldest temperature ever recorded in Chicago. The wind chill that day was -60 degrees!!!
The next week and a half are looking like above average temperature for Chicago, so we start the 2019 on a mild note.